Electric light for hand bags



Iwa'ltevnh'a'dSept. 19g-25. i' I l. i UNITED- STATES .Jorm ALLEN, or nn'rnorr, uIcHIGN.

'PATENT OFFICE.

ELECTRIC LIGHT non HAND BAGS.

" appnuonmed rem-nary 2s, 192s. serial No. 621,778.

' TocZZ whom'z't'm'ay concern:

Be it known thatI, JOHN ALLEN, a subu .-ject of the King of Great Britain and Irements in'Electric Lights for Hand Bags, of

` "used independently land, residing at Detroit,-in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have 1n `vented'certain new and useful Improvewhich the following is a specification.

M inventionrelates to an improvedelec- -A further object is to provide Suchel circuit is made through the light bulb, i minatingthe mirror ut when the light is carried within the interior ofthe bag and not intended for use. Athe circuit. is automatically broken. i

Further objectstogether with the construction and operation of the invention i A will more fully appear fromthe following description, appended claims d h h p and accompan g raw1n, 1nw1c: v f re l isgs a perspective of a hand bag providedV with my improved invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view throu h the battery casing showing the battery 1n elevation.

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through the battery casin showing the circuit closed throu h the lig t. l

My improvedv ash light and mirror combination is'intended t be sold as a separate article of merchandise to be used in vconnectionwith any of thev well known types of hand bags and may be carried loose within ,the bag, or when desired for use attachedA to the edge of the bag in such a manner that the mirror is 'displayed andthe li ht is automatically illuminated throu h t e at- `l ltoachrnent of the-casing to the e ge of the In the drawings, let `5 indicate a hand bag havin meetin edges 6. My improved combined li ht an lmirror comprises a casing 7 provi ed on one side with a mirror 8 positioned in proximity the mirror toilluminate the same and here being shown as being disposed directly7 above themirror is' a light bulb 9. The interior ofthe casing within a hand bag asjshown/in Figl so that the casing wi is accessible tov receive a battery lb means of the removable cover'lO. l I'provi e a battery 11 removably receivable within vthe casing adapted 'to form a lighting Contact 12 with the electric light bulb 9. This battery is provided on the side opposite the light bu b with a. pair ofy switch contacts 13.

' These are normally disconnected when the battery is dis osed within the casing but are adapted w en connected to make the cir cuit through the light bulb 9. The casing is provide .withA interior spacing members 14 to hold the batterytirmly in position so that the contacts `13 will not beiclosed by accidentally striking against the metal wall g ofthecasingn .7. v,

I provide a catch or" Clip-15' which is ivoted tothe casmg at 16v and is adapte to l 7 5 bev engaged over theedge-r of the hand ba be supported as shown in Fig. 1. This catch 4extends. throughthe wall ofthe casing and is providedwith an extension 17 which is adaptedtoserve as amova'ble switch member to bridge the contactsl. Thisswitch member is normally held Iout ofengagement with said vcontacts by means of'a spring 18 but when the clip 15 is withdrawn tov of its engagement over the `edge of t e bag the switch member 17 is moved inwardly against the resistance of the spring bridging permit I I.

the contacts 4,13 and making the circuit vthrough the light'.- lIt` willl be seen, therefore, that when the light isin'luse andthe clip which supports the casing is v'engaged over the edge of the bag that'the mirrorl will be illumix'iated.r `Furthermore, if'it is not desired to use 'the light in connection withthe bag the catch member 15 may be held outwardly and when so held the movable switch member 17 will brid e the con-j tacts and make the circuit throng the light;

Wha-t I claim is:

v1. In an'electrie .iash light for a hand;-

bag, in combination, a battery casing hav- Ing a mirror and alight bulb disposed in proximity to said mirror vto illuminate the same, a battery receivable within said casing to form li hting contact withy said light bulb, said attery having external switch contacts normally disconnected but adapted to be closed to make acircuit throu h' the light bulb, a spring clip carried by -t e casing adapted to be engaged over the edge of a vhand bag to su port the casing and having a switch mem r interiorly of the casing to bridge the contacts of the batto make the switch close the circuit adapted tery i through the light bulb when the clip' is engaged over the edge of the hand bag.

2. In an electric flash light or a hand bag, in combination, a battery casing havin a mirror at one side, a light bulb dispose I clip above said mirror to illuminate the same, a on the opposite side to engage overv the edge of la hand bag to support the 'casing a battery receivable Within said casing to ma e lighting contact with the light bulb having external switch contacts normally open when the battery is in the casing but adapted to bag.

be closed to make a circuit through the light 15 bulb, a switch member connected with said clip to be controlled thereby adapted to be moved into engagement with said switch contacts to make the circuit through the y light bulb, and a spring normally holding 20 RJOHN ALLEN.

the edge of a hand 25 

